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E. ROOS.

FELT BOOT.

No. 357,099. Patented Feb. 1, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD ROOS, OF GALT, ONTARIO, CANADA.

FELT BOOT.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357.099,.dated February 1, 1887.

Application filed November 15, 1886. Serial N 0. 218,855. (No model.)

.To all whomit may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD Boos, of Galt, in the eountyof Waterloo, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented new. and useful Improvements in Felt Boots, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in felt boots which are formed of a seamless tube of felt, and which are worn inside of leather boots orovershoes. When a felt boot of this kind is worn in an overshoe, the rubbing or abrading action of the top of the overshoe against the rear portion of the felt boot wears the latter and renders the samein ashorttime unfit for use.

Heretofore felt boots have been re-enforced by a strip or patch of leather sewed to the outer side .of the felt at the point of greatest wear.

The object of my invention is to provide the felt boot with one or more re-enforcing ribs in a simple and inexpensive manner; and myinvention consists of the improvement which will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a felt boot provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a I horizontal section through the ankle portion of the boot. Fig. 3 is a sectional view illus' trating the manner of forming the re-enforcing ribs.

A represents the felt boot, which is formed from an endless tube of felt in the usual manner, and consists of afoot portion, c, and aleg portion, 1).

0 represents the vertical re-enforcing ribs formed on the rear side of the leg portion of the boot, and extending from the heel upwardly to a short distance above the ankle of the leg portion. The ribs 0 project outwardly or rearwardly from the body of the boot and prevent the overshoe from coming in contact with the same.

body of the felt boot and rubbing against the The ribs 0 are formed integral with the boot A by sewing upright seams d in the felt tube after the latter has been subjected to the hardening process and before the tube has been fulled.

. The stitches of each seam are carried transversely through a sufficient body of the soft felt of which the boot is formed to form a raised rib or welt, O, on the rear side of the boot when the felt which has been seized by the stitches has been gathered or compacted by tightening the stitches. Before the felt tube has been fulled the texture of the felt is so soft that the tension on the thread will readily draw together or compact the quantity of felt which is required for forming one of the ribs. After the ribs or welts have been formed the boot is fulled or compacted, lasted, and dried in the usual manner. Three such ribs are formed on the rear side of the boot side by side, as represented in Fig. 2; but a greater or less number may be employed, as may be preferred. These ribs protect the rear side of the felt boot effectually, and are easily formed on the boot at comparatively small expense.

I claim as my invention.

1. A felt boot provided with a vertical reenforcing rib or ribs formed integral with the boot and upon the rear side of its leg portion, substantially as set forth.

2. A felt boot provided with a re-enforcing rib consisting of a quantity of felt of which the boot is formed drawn together by a line of stitches, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 5th day of November, 1886.

EDWARD ROOS.

Witnesses:

JAMES E. KERR, JNo. J. BONNER. 

